Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 9/12/2020 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

I still can't believe we lost 4 in a row to 1 team. That's horrible, and I dont think we've done that in a really, really long time.

 

It looked like they didn't give a F. Nobody is mad enough. Just happy to be out the bubble.

 

imo this is what also happened prior to the shutdown, smallball physically tired us out so much we got gassed and lost a bunch of easy games to scrub teams. in this instance, back-to-back games with foster and davis plus house's expulsion broke us mentally as well

 

Better believe it and get some picks back.....

 

It's not spam - it's reality. Now, I'm not among those who blame Harden for everything that went wrong (again) but his attitude, inability to accept coaching and unwillingness to accept accountability (CP3 tried this didn't work) for the team's misfortunes are legitimate areas of criticism. But no, he's not the primary one to blame for what went down - that belongs to the Rockets ownership and management specifically Dork Elvis aka the (so-called) "Smartest Guy In The Room" and Les Alexander (who was the reason they hired MDA in the first place). As JR pointed out it's been 20 years of basketball futility here and for that we have to thank Carroll Dawson, Les Alexander and Daryl Morey. All I know is that no matter what they do, they are facing a tough stretch of years ahead. Westbrick is all but untradeable, Morey's contract makes it economically unfeasible to fire him and trading away Harden won't be enough to vault this team into contention.

Again, the facts don't lie:

 

This is a really good point, we started off hot in the bubble too and started to really...well...look like that.

A lot of former players did warn that this would happen, that the team would get fatigued, looks like those guys were right.

 

Father time being undefeated really.

Only small players banging bodies with giants.

Old lineup with tons of veterans.

Bubble with an extremely tight schedule, game every 2 days.

The way the Rockets play, playing 2-3 quarters like their lives depend on it. Then they just falter.

Idiot coach with a 8 man lineup. Even playing stars 29 minutes in scrimmages.

 

That fatigued stuff doesn't cut it. There is an effort to have the Lakers win it all.